AirNet Communications Corp. named Dr. Lee Hamilton vice president of product engineering. Hamilton will be responsible for developing and implementing AirNet’s wireless broadband base station and related infrastructure equipment products. …
WASHINGTON-With the final report outlining public-safety spectrum needs through 2010 due Sept. 11, members of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee continue to debate from which source extra channels can …
FORT MEYERS, Fla.-Palmer Wireless Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the Georgia 13 rural service area cellular telephone license from Mobile Communications Systems L.P. The RSA license …
DALLAS-DFW Communications announced it has purchased Motorola Inc.’s four Dallas/Fort Worth-based two-way radio service centers. The purchase is a result of Motorola’s 1995 restructuring of its National Service Division, which …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission garnered approximately $750 million in upfront fees from the 153 qualified bidders it accepted for the next round of personal communications services auctions scheduled to begin …
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission denied all arguments and affirmed its decision to charge Centel Cellular Co. of North Carolina with “endanger[ing] public safety for a period of five …
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Computer Sciences Corp. announced it has signed a five-year, multimillion dollar contract to provide billing and customer care services to personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. Under …
August is the month to go on vacation but not for people who took time off in July to get married. Like I did. Last week it was the boss’ …
CHICAGO-CenterPoint Properties Corp., a publicly traded real estate investment trust, announced it has reached an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to grant the cellular company a master lease covering …
WESTWOOD, Mass.-Cellular One in Boston has launched a no-credit-required calling card service that allows cellular phone users to pay in advance for airtime. With the prepaid calling card, customers establish …
WICHITA, Kan.-Cellnet, a United Kingdom cellular operator, has awarded Brite Voice Systems a contract to provide extra capacity and enhancement to support Cellnet’s relaunch of its Callback intelligent messaging service …
Triden Telecom Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Communitronics Inc., a paging company based in Mobile, Ala. Communitronics has 3,000 pagers in service and is expanding its …
IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. signed a three-year contract to provide services for personal communications services customers in the Los Angeles/San Diego major trading area. Under …
FAIRFAX, Va.-American Management Systems, a business and information technology consulting firm, announced an $8.5 million agreement to develop a comprehensive customer care and billing platform to support Canadian-based Microcell Telecommunications …
NEW YORK-Hugh Johnson’s official title is chief investment officer of First Albany Corp., Albany, N.Y., an investment bank and brokerage firm that specializes in high-technology stocks. In that capacity, “I’m …
Of late, the move from corporate executive to born again entrepreneur is not uncommon in wireless. But still it comes as a surprise Alex Mandl would leave his post as …
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications Corp. is introducing a new version of its WyndMail for Windows messaging software. WyndMail version 1.5 includes a message header preview feature to provide subscribers …
NEW YORK-In what is believed to be the first and only such endeavor to date, Working Assets this summer introduced an affinity program in which it donates a percentage of …
Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Cnet Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of engineering software tools for wireless communications systems. Glenayre said the purchase will …
The colossal growth of the wireless industry, in particular the buildout of personal communications services and digital cellular networks, has created a supply-and-demand problem-too many jobs and not enough people. …
